(n)East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye, Syn.palas, dak, Butea frondosa, Butea monosperma
a. [ L. frondosus leafy. ] (Bot.) (a) Frond bearing; resembling a frond; having a simple expansion not separable into stem and leaves. (b) Leafy. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ It. rondò, fr. F. rondeau. See Rondeau. ] 1. (Mus.) A composition, vocal or instrumental, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the other strains. “The Rondo-form was the earliest and most frequent definite mold for musical construction.” Grove. [ 1913 Webster ]